In what can only be seen as a giant lack of self-awareness, legislative Republicans are targeting Democratic incumbents as do-nothings who get paid but aren’t effective. Pssst. Guys, everyone knows you’ve been the ones in charge for more than a decade and put yourselves on a taxpayer-funded vacation—again. And in our Climate Check: Climate action has broad bipartisan public support, so why are Republicans content to do nothing about an issue that’s going to have an impact at the ballot box?

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